Bangkok--5 Mar--BRIA Organizes National
Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA), a German Food Partnership (GFP) project, recently held the National Management Committee Meeting at the Rice Department, chaired by Dr. Apichart Pongsrihadulchai, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Also present were Mr. Chanpithya Shimphalee, Director General of the Rice Department; Mr. Sinchai Swasdichai, Country Head Thailand and Myanmar, Bayer CropScience; Dr. Pakorn Suchare, Head of Crop Protection, BASF (Thai) Limited; and Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn, BRIA Regional Project Director. In Thailand, the BRIA project is implemented by the Rice Department and the German International Cooperation (GIZ) in collaboration with BASF and Bayer CropScience.